Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba asks all to bring to Him their sorrows
and griefs and to take from Him what He so generously grants, Aananda. So,
He is most appropriately called ,'Aananda Daayi'. (He who grants Ananda), the
Highest Aananda (the Aananda of the recognition of our inner reality). The
Taittiriya Upanishad says, 'Suppose, a youth, a good youth, learned in the
sacred lore, promptest in action, steadiest in heart, strongest in body, and
suppose all this earth and all its wealth are his; this is human bliss. A
hundred times this bliss, is the bliss of the Gandharvas. A 100 times this
Aananda is the Aananda of the Deva Gandharvas! A 100 times, this is the
Aananda of the Pitrs who live in the long-enduring worlds. A 100 times this,
is the Ananda of the Ajaanaja devas. A 100 times this, is the Aananda of the
Karma Devas; a 100 times this, is the Aananda of the Devas; a 100 times this,
is the Aananda of Indra; Brihaspathi has Aananda a 100 times of Indra; a 100
times this, is the bliss of Prajapathi; the bliss of Brahman or Brahmananda
is the Bliss of Prajapati multiplied a hundred fold; in it, there is no
distinction, as Bliss and as Enjoyer of Bliss'.

This Aananda that Baba is, is what he encourages us to attain and
ultimately grants! For those who have known Him, He is Aananda; Aananda is
He. They know nothing else; they need nothing else. Subordinate and
secondary grades of Bliss He grants, only to develop in us the appetite for
the Sadhana, to attain this Highest Aananda, (Brahmananda), that He is.